It’s Christmas and the festive spirit is in the air. Even America’s top Olympic Champions are taking a minute to celebrate the time that is famously called ‘the most wonderful’ one of the year. So from Simone Biles to Quincy Wilson, here’s how Christmas 2025 turned out for your favorite champions!

Simone Biles‘ 2025 Christmas Eve, captured in a series of Instagram Stories, began with her French bulldog Lilo snoozing on the couch, a mirror selfie with her husband Jonathan Owens, and then the familiar holiday challenge: wrapping presents. “*youtubes how to wrap a present* I’m a put it in a bag typa girly,” she confessed in one of her stories.

True to her champion spirit, she found a solution, later proudly showing off her wrapped gifts with the note, “Ayeeee not too shabby. Okay so next year I need to get nice, good quality wrapping paper.” This blend of relaxation and lighthearted effort was mirrored across other stars’ feeds too.

Young sprinting sensation Quincy Wilson shared a simple, heartfelt picture of Christmas Eve spent with his family. Dressed up in matching PJs, the Wilsons posed for a lovely picture, with the Christmas tree beautifully lit in the background.

Meanwhile, gymnast Jordan Chiles, who recently walked the red carpet at the TikTok Awards, posted a story with the playful caption, “When it’s Christmas Eve and still shopping for the family,” proving that even an Olympian’s planning can run up against the holiday clock.

For a different set of athletes, however, the holiday break is not a full departure from their daily grind.

Unlike Simone Biles and Quincy, these Olympians had a working holiday

Hurdler Masai Russell posted a video of her warm-up run with the caption, “Merry Christmas Eve 🎄, you know the grind never stops!” Well, the American 100m hurdles record holder clearly isn’t stepping off track for even a day.

Meanwhile, Gabby Thomas, the reigning 200m Olympic champ, posted a video of herself working out in the gym with a caption that wonderfully sums up her attitude as an elite athlete: “Holiday session 💪🏽 🎄 Every day doesn’t have to be a heroic workout…but the key is to not miss too many days.” What a discplined mindset!

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Other stars who also stepped out to work on the track included 60m world record holder Christian Coleman. Posting an Instagram story of himself on the mat doing a possible stretch or a little warm up, Coleman wrote, “Merry Christmas 🖤🙏🏾 We workin!!💪🏽🙃” while he tagged his club, Star Athletics in the story.

Meanwhile, three-time World Champ Twanisha Terry added a rather hilarious twist to Christmas. She posted a story in her Christmas PJs and debated, “First off, Merry Christmas ya’ll. I just want to know, would I be wrong if I go to practice in my Christmas pajamas because I am supposed to be in the bed anyway!” In her next story, Tee Tee Terry updated that she had touched 15k YouTube subscribers, “YEAAAAAA. Merry Christmas to me,” she wrote.

All of these little narratives come together to make a wonderful holiday collage. They reveal that these athletes experience Christmas in very unique ways, whether they are dealing with the challenges of wrapping gifts like Simone Biles, enjoying peaceful time with loved ones like Quincy Wilson, or making time for a focused workout like Russell, Thomas, Coleman, and Terry.